Good morning reader! I hope you had a good time last night. If so, today you will feel slightly the worse for wear, but I have just the solution for you. Nothing helps alleviate a hangover as much as a good work-out, and what better way to work out than to get on y’r bike for a furious ride! (But not too furiously, as that is an offence in its own right.)

These are the two main offences which you might commit:

Riding a cycle on a road or other public place while unfit to ride through drink or drugs (RTA s.30) which carries a maximum fine of £1000. (RTOA s.9, Sch 2)

Being drunk while in charge of a carriage on any highway or other public place (LA 1872, s.12; Corkery v Carpenter [1951] 1 KB 102) which carries a maximum penalty of £200 or (at the moment) one month in prison (LA 1872, s.12).

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yah jason this is exactly the problem with tinternets these days. why on earth would i want your 1000 visitors when my little server can barely cope now. i wonder what you were googling that we were so hard to find?